In message <199707091911.PAA04359@...>, Andrew Kuchling wrote:

FUTURE: How should the tree be organized? Like the
contrib directory on ftp.python.org, or some other scheme?

Andrew,

Maybe a hybrid of the contrib/Contributed FTP and HTML, I dunno.
I'm confused about how this will augment the existing site (which
has been serving my needs very well), but the ideas are flowing...

Follow the "Data Structures" link, and you'll see a single
branch ("Mathematical"--for sparse matrices or whatever), and 4
packages listed.

It would be nice to keep these rich in hyperlinks, and include links
for things like "Find other similar software," "Add review comments,"
"Contribute a patch or a utility for item," "Visit sig-or-mailing-list
archive." I see you have already setup a form for adding a package;
this is great!

FUTURE: Packages currently have 4 attributes: title, version,
description, primary_site. What attributes should packages have?

How about date of archive release? Required software? Compatibility
information? Mailing list links? Optional "current challenges" list?
Size of archive. PGP signature key...

I think I'd better stop now :-)

Steve

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